Re: [IRCA] Best-Ever Signal Here on 1610-Anguilla Beacon

2013-04-09 Thread Patrick Martin
My problem to the NE are the foothills of the Coast Range. If I was 5 miles further away I would not get quite the blockage Going down the coast as you probably have noted, the steep mountains are right there to the East of Highway 101 and they really block the East. Less Domestic QRM on TPs and

Re: [IRCA] Best-Ever Signal Here on 1610-Anguilla Beacon

2013-04-09 Thread Derek Vincent
rnational Radio Club of America > > Sent: Tue, Apr 9, 2013 7:57 am > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Best-Ever Signal Here on 1610-Anguilla Beacon > > > Interestingly, good Caribbean conditions have accompanied over the > pole trans-Atlantic conditions in the past here, so I wa

Re: [IRCA] Best-Ever Signal Here on 1610-Anguilla Beacon

2013-04-09 Thread d1028gary
Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Sent: Tue, Apr 9, 2013 7:57 am Subject: Re: [IRCA] Best-Ever Signal Here on 1610-Anguilla Beacon Interestingly, good Caribbean conditions have accompanied over the pole trans-Atlantic conditions in the past here, so I was interested to see

Re: [IRCA] Best-Ever Signal Here on 1610-Anguilla Beacon

2013-04-09 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Interestingly, good Caribbean conditions have accompanied over the pole trans-Atlantic conditions in the past here, so I was interested to see Gary's catch shortly after I was hearing late season TA carriers. There seem to be fewer possibilities for the Caribbean (beyond Cuba) in recent years

Re: [IRCA] Best-Ever Signal Here on 1610-Anguilla Beacon

2013-04-09 Thread Patrick Martin
Gary, The beverage is what brings the Eastern DX in. Without it, I would not hear half of what I do from the East. I do not live in a great location for Eastern DX with the foothills of the Coast Range not that far away. I remember back in the early 70s when Bill Block just using a loop, living in

Re: [IRCA] Best-Ever Signal Here on 1610-Anguilla Beacon

2013-04-08 Thread d1028gary
Re: [IRCA] Best-Ever Signal Here on 1610-Anguilla Beacon Gary, I heard it last night pretty well for a while, but later at 0504 EST, CHHA Toronto took over the frequency with "O Canada", followed by SS programming, then by 0530 it was Caribbean Beacon again. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin

Re: [IRCA] Best-Ever Signal Here on 1610-Anguilla Beacon

2013-04-08 Thread Patrick Martin
Gary, I heard it last night pretty well for a while, but later at 0504 EST, CHHA Toronto took over the frequency with "O Canada", followed by SS programming, then by 0530 it was Caribbean Beacon again. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager

[IRCA] Best-Ever Signal Here on 1610-Anguilla Beacon

2013-04-08 Thread d1028gary
Hello All, Unusually good propagation to the Caribbean early this morning (at 0752 UTC) brought in 1610-Anguilla for its best-ever signal here in western Washington state, completely shutting out multiple TIS stations on the frequency. The late Dr. Gene Scott's sermon boomed in // 6090 kHz,